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OVERVIEW
The University of St. Thomas invites qualified candidates to apply for a Sustainability Program Manager (Program Manager I) position within the Office of Sustainability Initiatives.
The University of St. Thomas embraces diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity for all. Our convictions of dignity, diversity and personal attention call us to embody and champion a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment. We welcome applicants of diverse races, ethnicities, geographic origins, gender identities, ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientations, religions, work experience, physical and intellectual abilities, and financial means. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. This commitment is consistent with our mission: Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically, work skillfully, and act wisely to advance the common good. A successful candidate will possess a commitment to the ideals of this mission.
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
The University of St. Thomas offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes:
- Up to 100% tuition remission for employees, spouses, and dependents upon eligibility
- A generous Employer retirement contribution of 9.4% of annual salary upon eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision options
- Employer-paid disability, life, and AD&D benefits
JOB SUMMARY
The Sustainability Program Manager actively supports the implementation of the university’s sustainability strategic plan and its vision of catalyzing university-wide engagement to prepare St. Thomas students to be sustainability leaders. This position will coordinate with students and staff to develop resources, trainings, and activities that engage all students and members of the St. Thomas community in sustainability initiatives. This position will supervise a team of student leaders and provide project management support for peer education and engagement activities. This position also gathers data for sustainability assessments; and develops annual reports, proposals to funders, and communications for internal and external audiences.
The preferred start date is January 2022.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Coordinate the student sustainability leadership program by supervising a team of eight to twelve student workers. Provide training, review and editing of student work, and project management support for their efforts to engage all students in sustainability initiatives on campus.
- Collaborate with students and employees to plan and organize sustainability events, trainings, and activities throughout the year. This includes sustainability orientation activities for incoming students, training for Residence Hall advisors, first-year experience co-curricular options, activities for sustainability week, national campus sustainability month, season of creation, and a sustainability presence at campus events such as sports games, homecoming, activities fair, etc.
- Support implementation of the university’s sustainability strategic plan through research, project assistance, development of resources, training and engagement of employees across departments, collecting data for sustainability performance assessments, developing annual progress updates, and preparing grant proposals and reports.
- Create educational and promotional materials by writing, editing, updating, and designing content for digital fliers, social media posts, web articles, sustainability guides, and trainings.
- Maintain external and internal websites and social media platforms with current information about the university’s sustainability initiatives, goals, policies, programs, events, activities and resources.
- Assist with administrative tasks such as procurement of materials, room and food reservations, meeting logistics, and note-taking.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental studies, business management, leadership, marketing, education, or another relevant field.
- Three years of experience with sustainability planning, student engagement, supervision of students, project management and assessment, preferably in higher education.
- Fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or eligible for legally required exemption such as a medical or religious reason.
Preferred Qualifications
- Administrative support, development of work plans, collaborative work in cross-functional teams, event planning, data collection, website development, communication campaigns, writing of project proposals and annual reports.
- Experience with AASHE STARS reporting, graphic design programs such as Canva or Illustrator, use of social media in a professional setting, intercultural communication, fostering an inclusive environment, working effectively with individuals of different backgrounds and abilities, developing and delivering effective presentations for multiple audiences.
An equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired may be substituted.
HOW TO APPLY
All interested candidates must apply online at https://www.stthomas.edu/jobs/. Follow the instructions to complete an online application which includes creating or updating an applicant profile, uploading a resume, and completing a job specific application.
In light of its commitment to create and maintain a safe learning and working environment, employment with the University of St. Thomas requires consent and successful completion of a background screening.
All University of St. Thomas employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Limited exemptions will be made for medical and religious reasons.
The University of St. Thomas, Minnesota Human Resources Department advertises the official job listing on its website at www.stthomas.edu/jobs.
The University of St. Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer